The European Media Freedom Act aims to bolster the resilience and pluralism of the media landscape across the European Union. However, Hungary and Italy present particular challenges in fulfilling the aspirations of this legislative effort, reflecting diverse methods of controlling media organs both publicly and privately. Hungary’s media landscape has undergone severe centralization in recent…
The European Commission has unveiled a new initiative aiming to regulate virtual worlds and Web 4.0, structured around the Digital Decade policy programme objectives. While virtual reality (VR) has been familiar primarily through gaming environments, it has taken on new dimensions with the introduction of the Metaverse. This immersive virtual reality not only offers recreation…
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum has led to the implementation of the Asylum Procedures Regulation (APR), a complex framework designed to manage asylum applications at EU borders. The APR has undergone significant modifications during its negotiation process, aiming to balance the diverse interests of all involved Member States. A key element of the…
As the EU elections approach, the LGBTIQA+ community’s legal standing remains a focal point for both policymakers and scholars alike. The European Commission’s adoption of the 2020-2025 LGBTIQ Equality Strategy marks a structured approach to tackling discrimination and ensuring greater safety for LGBTIQA+ individuals. This strategy has been seen as a significant step, symbolically and…
Regulation 2024/791, known as the MiFIR Review, was published on 8 March 2024 and introduces transparency requirements for single-name credit default swaps (CDSs). These rules apply only if the CDSs reference global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) or an index of such banks. While the revised rules aim to bring more transparency to this market segment,…
The European Parliament’s recent proposal to remove the unanimity requirement from Article 19 TFEU (non-discrimination legislation) taps into historical debates about voting and minority rights, dating back to the founding of the United States. This move, aimed at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin among other grounds, resonates with a centuries-old argument…